The staffs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are issuing this statement of enforcement policy in support of U.S. Government efforts to facilitate economic recovery and financial stability in…
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The following information was released by the office of the New York Attorney General:. New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined 21 other states in suing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., over a new rule that will make it harder and more expensive for millions of Americans to get and keep health insurance.
The following information was released by the office of the Minnesota Attorney General:. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today joined a coalition of 21 states in suing to block a Trump Administration rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act and would make health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain for millions…
The following information was released by the office of the Washington Attorney General:. Attorney General Nick Browntoday joined a coalition of21attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuitin the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that illegally undermines the Affordable…
The following information was released by the office of the Illinois Attorney General:. Chicago Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuitto challenge a federal rule thatonce againillegally undermines the Affordable Care Act and would make health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain for millions…
The following information was released by the office of the California Attorney General:. California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally…
The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars' worth of benefits. With his executive order, Iowa joined most other states in privatizing the management of Medicaid, which covers healthcare for more than 67 million Americans with low…
In Case You Missed It, new reporting from MeidasTouch News exposes U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu for making millions of dollars "sitting on boards and drawing paychecks from companies" with considerable ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party. Sununu also held cushy board seats at a medical device maker that "cut American jobs while building…
DES MOINES Today, ahead of the 61st anniversary of Medicaid being signed into law, Iowans impacted by Kim Reynolds' attacks on Medicaid and Washington's cuts to health care hosted a virtual press conference to highlight Zach Lahn's record of attacking access to health care. "Zach Lahn has a disqualifying record of working to make it harder for folks to get the…
The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Oregon:. Salem, OR Today, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Division of Financial Regulation at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to immediately prohibit insurance carriers from canceling or nonrenewing homeowners insurance policies for people affected by…
CHARLOTTESVILLE- A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Norfolk- based Sentara Health of exploiting its monopoly to saddle Charlottesville with the nation's highest Affordable Care Act premiums was dismissed Friday as a federal judge ruled that courts cannot second- guess insurance rates approved by state regulators. It drew an all-star legal team led by Rick…
Property owners all over the United States of America are feeling the pain of the extremely high cost of insurance, but what is astonishing is that the pain is not equally distributed. In a nation where we print on our currency "In God We Trust," The "We" in the phrase cannot trust the insurance companies in a supposedly Godly Nation. Even when factoring environmental…
However, data center construction is helping keep the region's economy afloat, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The district includes the eastern half of Missouri, southern Illinois, all of Arkansas and parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Charles Gascon, economist and assistant vice president at the Federal…
One of the biggest stigmas surrounding the insurance industry is the idea that once a sale is made, the agent disappears. But for Justin "JJ" Kurtz and his team at NRG Financial, the signature on the dotted line is just the beginning of a lifelong partnership. For nine years, Kurtz has been building an agency in Grand Rapids centered around a simple, powerful…
For farm families, finding healthcare coverage is an important but challenging task. University of Missouri Extension Ag Business Specialist Amie Breshears said health coverage is a crucial topic for farm families. There are income-based options such as the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars' worth of benefits. With his executive order, Iowa joined most other states in privatizing the management of Medicaid, which covers healthcare for more than 67 million Americans with low…
According to online campaign finance reports, Blackburn's primary campaign received $15,400 each from PACs run by Franklin-based Acadia Healthcare and insurance provider Delta Dental. A PAC representing health insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield in Tennessee also contributed $15,400 toward her primary campaign. Blackburn has also seen…
Two former directors of the state agency that oversees Medicaid fraud investigations said Friday that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird's newly formed fraud task force is "political theater." Dean Lerner and Kevin Techau, who served as directors of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals under Democratic governors Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver, said…
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. California is at the early stages of a full-blown healthcare crisis. Last year, President Donald Trump's regressive budget bill slashed $100 billion in healthcare funding from California to pay for more billionaire tax breaks.
